Oh, May, how your comment about the insatiable need to not fail echos for me. At 74, looking back at my go-getter life, I can see the times that I have carried on beyond the point where I should have rested and revived myself did not turn out well in the end. I could see it coming when you wisely said you shouldn‘t be doing this because you were too tired and then immediately proceeded to drill another hole. Listening to the wiser woman in me is something I wish I had learned to do decades ago. Seems like you are well on the way. All the best to you. You deserve it.
Major success, no failure, if you're learning a bunch. One thought re your gas cover hinges - if you get some copper based anti-seize compound (a grease and copper particle mixture) and coat the pins and holes with it, corrosion will be reduced greatly and they will stay free to move much longer. White lithium grease also works great outdoors and may be a bit cheaper than anti-seize. Keep pounding on your projects! Cheers.
You should be extremely proud of yourself. You're making good decisions on what needs doing and doing it right. Might need two goes sometime but hey, that's how learning is done. Be kind to yourself. Please don't see optimism on timings as a problem. If you forsee disaster everywhere in everything you try, you'd never start anything and starting is the hardest bit. Loving your attitude and ability to have a go and get things done by yourself, your way. Thanks for bringing some May joy into my day. ❤
Good example of the power of the human mind. Failure is not a fail, it is an opportunity for improvement. You don't know what you don't know until you know that you don't know. Adapt and survive, put it in the subconcious part of your memory, next time faced with a similar problem your approach to it will be subconciously driven by previous experience. AKA intuition. Just keep doing your thing.
I hate to be the boring health and safety person but having had swarf go in my eye before and a trip to hospital as a result I've got a few pointers for you to make sure you are safe when using a grinder. Always use the guard supplied on the grinder, if you've ever seen a disc explode before you will realise that it might just save your life. Wear full eye protection i.e. goggles that cover all sides of your glasses, swarf can kick up at weird angles and even wearing normal glasses I ended up with metal in my eye. Great effort thou and fair play to you for getting stuck in and attempting new tasks. If you ever need to drill into steel again I can recommend Cobalt drill bits. Personally I use Extreme 2 HSS Drill Bit Set from Dewalt. Makes drilling holes in steel a breeze! (expensive but you get what you pay for)
My mate, a professional metal fabricator of many years, nearly lost his life when a cutting disc exploded and cut his throat. A few millimetres over and it would have been fatal. He was blasé about the risks due to experience and didn't follow the above advice. Take particular care with cutting discs, especially the thin ones and when cutting welds as there are stored tensions in the welds which can grab the disc and make it explode. Also, old and poorly stored/treated cutting discs are more likely to fail catastrophically. I use a chainsaw helmet with a fine metal mesh, full face visor which is more comfortable than a plastic one and doesn't mist. I'll go with your baseball cap😀 Save the cobalt drill bits for stainless as they are expensive. Decent HSS bits are not and will cut quicker and last much longer if used with lubricant or coolant. A squirt of WD40 every so often will do at a pinch.
The only people who've never made a mistake are people who've never done anything. You learn by getting it wrong sometimes. But you finished it! Epoxy is great but use it sparingly as it's a nightmare to grind or sand back. The putty is an amazing fix anything addition to any toolbox. Well done
Hi love to watch you on your boat. If more girls were like you with such a fantastic way of life the world would be a much better place. Keep up the videos and your happy life . Best wishes.👍🏻😎👍🏻
Everybody, and I mean everybody, who’s done DiY has made a mess up more than once. It’s what you then do about it that matters. You learnt from it, sought help and you’ve now finished it. Now you have the pleasure of looking at it everyday and knowing “I did that”, can’t beat that.
Well done May, you did a great job with a little bit of help and knowledge. Life is about learning and you are certainly putting yourself out there, on to the next job xx
We all think we are great and know most things but in reality that is far from the truth. I love to be perfect in all that I do but rarely reach that goal. I am approaching my very late 50's and still beat myself up if I do not get things right. I have now only just learnt why this is the case. I looked upto my Dad (sadly no longer with us) as a superstar because he always knew what and how to do it. I now realise he was the same as me, he continued to learn with age and got his skills from experience and through trial and error. Lesson to you is, dont beat yourself up if your first effort does not work, learn from it, go again and if you still struggle dont be shy in seeking help, it is not a failure and treat it as an additional opportunity to learn. Take care, love your vlogs ❤
Hello May, I wish my wife and I were moored nearby, so we could advise you if you struggle with these types of jobs. But your positivity is still a lesson to me, I struggle on that score big time!
I feel you on the learning curve. We all want to be strong independent women and get things done and most of the time we can but sometimes it would be so helpful to have someone to hold something or give a second opinion on how to tackle a job. I also 100% know about the not being in the right headspace for tackling a project - when you know, you know - step away and don’t push yourself to get it done as it’ll end in disaster! Love your videos, I’ve just found your channel, and look forward to watching more.
I would just suggest that big successes are made up of small successes. Congratulate yourself on all the small ones, and voila! The big success will come along in good time. And thanks for all you are teaching me as you learn. Keep smiling!
I think you're doing a great job, we all have to learn, and a mistake is all part of the learning process. Even if you cut wood short, you can always either redo it or even glue a short piece to make it the right length again. I enjoy your videos May, keep them up
Top stuff Captain. yeah one job always equals ten. perfection is by and large unattainable on a boat , oh yeah thats what keeps us on our toes. Having said that, when its milling rain next winter your hatch will give you as much satisfaction as the stove. thank you for sharing your journey .
All coming along while learning as you go. Don’t get frustrated with yourself. The good things about downs is that next will be an up. Also your being honest with yourself. Us men are not so good at that. 😂
Your summary at the end was great making sense of what you capabilities are and expectations..you should have peace with yourself, not many DIY ers really know what there doing, we don't do it all the time like trades people and i bet they make mistakes too...lol.great work May and well done for having a go and seeing it through.. Ps so impressed you manage to send soo many replies to people's comments, not many TH-camrs do that 👍👊 All the best Arthur
Failure as much as it pisses you off it's actually failure that learns you under one condition.. that you don't give up! Being a highly skilled mechanic and working with the best, we still get it wrong from time to time and it's OK! Never give up! And nothing ever goes to plan! Never😂! Keep up the good work...
@@wellbeingonwater loving the videos, what's your next DIY project?? Seriously considering buying a project narrow boat to live full time in. Your videos are definitely inspiring!
Nice to see you managed to get your doors and seals sorted out, I hope their water tight for you now. Don't beat yourself up over making mistakes as that's how you learn to fix things, best of luck with your next projec
It's ok to make mistakes and learn from them. Do as much research before attempting any job from youtube vids etc. I've learnt to do things I'm not sure of from "How to do" video's on youtube etc even tho I'm very practical and handy. Having the spirit and go getting attitude to have a go is great but it could cost you without doing as much research as possible before attempting anything you're not sure of. Keep going May.. you're doing a great job! ❤
MAY- To stop a piece of wood splitting at the end, or anywhere...Pre-drill the wood, OR, you can blunt the pointy end of the nail. To make screws go in easier, put some candle wax on them. Hope this helps.
All learning comes from fixing problems or as some would say, failure. Each time you fix or fail, you will learn something. You are on the right path. Crack on!
All jobs are hard when you're first starting out, and one thing to remember when you have a go yourself is if the job done as worked and looks good to you that's all that matters for a first go and it's guaranteed your DIY knowledge & skill level will improve with time
You did well. I like the tape template. I've used the screw in the hole, colour the top with pastel. Place wood on top and press. Get nice coloured dots where the holes need to be. Hex screws (self taping) can be life safers from broken drill pieces. Like idea of using oil to cool the drill bits.
Chin up, there’s nothing you can’t do. Have a little read up on the projects in front of you and prepare your mind tool’s etc. Looking great that boat of yours
It's not a disaster if you can solve the problem, it's a learning experience and in the end you will have a better feeling of accomplishment to doing something yourself, and learning from the experts like George and your dad. Plus on a deeper level there is symbiotic relationship with your boat it helps you and you help it. . I would also add the fact that you're fliming the process creating a 21st century equivalent of owners manual.
Well Done May - got there in the end! You won't be the first or last person to get a electric drill/screwdriver in the wrong 'gear' - I do it just about every time I use one 🙄 and I have a very similar reaction as yours 😀. You might want to get some 'P' or "Admiralanty" seal for your hatches as the name suggests, it was originally used around watertight doors on warships, so it should be ok for a bit of rain! I used it on the hard panniers of my motorbike which leaked like a sieve and they're now watertight! have a lovely week.
Hey May just started watching your channel I follow a few narrow boaters on TH-cam. I seen you feel like your putting bit of pressure on yourself! Don’t . Look at life with the outlook nothing is important tomorrow is a new day what ever will be will be , it is what it is. You look like you managed just fine life is a learning process. Look forward to watch more of your videos keep your head up your doing amazing 😊
i just come accros your channel and subbed i see alot of narrowboat videos and diy work yet yours was very refreshing i liked your video better than most i watch its very nice to see somone young and female doing the sort of work your doing its very good to see
You done excellent just remember even the professionals get that feeling of failure sometimes we are all human it will always work out at the end with a positive attitude 💪💪💪
Well done May. You encountered a few problems (don't we all!) but you kept on going. Its a big learning curve attempting projects on your own. I admire your tenacity. Keep going May, I love your videos and the way you give every job your best shot. Keep going girl❤️
may, if you trying to go through metal, unless you pay a fortune for good drill bits, they can burn out quickly, dulls the drill, vegetable oil in the hole and keep adding few drop at a time, it will lubricate and help keep bit from burning out
@@wellbeingonwater one other little point may for future, if your drill have speed settings, you want low speed, not hi, the drill bit do the work, dip in oil, drill abit
Something i learned on my boat. Only buy cobalt drill bits, they are tough and sharp and drill quickly. Use a centre punch, which is a hardenned pointed metail tool, you can put it in a hinge hole, strike it and it makes a dent in steel or wood innthe centre of the hole you need. Or if needing to drill steel, give it a wack with a hammer, it creates a dent and stops your drill bit from walking.
Tortoise and hare springs to mind, speed and timetable don't always work out the best, and surprisingly there are a lot of hints and tips on this place called you tube (whoops you already knew that) 😀 look at van life builds as well, they are just using a shorter steel tube than you have. But the tools, tips, methods are very similar. Your doing well, just don't beat yourself up if it goes slow or wrong. Nobody is an expert, we can all learn more.
It's always nice to see a fellow boater gettin stuck in... Keep up the good work 😇 Ps if the putty doeant work , I've used fibreglassed filler p38 to make a ridge on the roof near the hatch on many boats to solve that problem .
It might be strange somebody suggesting this on TH-cam but I am a fan and nearly a canal boat owner..I live in North London near Camden and I would volunteer to yourself or any freinds of yours with a canal boat my offer to paint labour and learn any chance I get ..I have 24 years construction experience with multiple trades and that includes 6 years paint and decorating 4 years carpentry...I'm a crane operator now but basically I would love a tast of the life and I love to work . Keep me in mind 😊
Interesting! Great to know this. Advice on painting the boat will be useful, although I have done a lot of research recently. I'll be painting her next year I think
@@wellbeingonwater no problem I'm shure part of the life experience is all about doing the hard work yourself on your own projects. But I'm interested in participating any way I can really in the canal community .have a lovely day.
Awesome job May you did great although I did panic a bit when your saw slipped other than that brilliant job and awesome vid keep going the jobs will get less
May The river trust has a maintenance schedule page for narrow boats. Buy a larger book and list all the maintenance you should be doing in the beginning of the ledger book. Now log the inspections and repairs as you do them. Keeping up with periodic maintenance ensures your narrow boat investment will continue to look good and work properly. You should not be surprised by leaks or battery failures etc. Keep up the cruising videos.
Make it 11 May, just remembered if you go the tapping threads way so you can use brass screws / bolts, you can get drills that tap a thread as your drilling. Put tapping drills in on line and you will see them. First part drills the hole then run into the tapping bit.
Looks really good, hope it does not leak on you. Would it help to put a seal on the hatch lid? The kind that go around the door frame on vans & cars, not the sponge kind but the thin heavy duty ones. Plus when you use the hand saw, use the full length of the saw not just the middle bit. This will give you more control & better straighter cuts. Always be careful, remember health & safety is for everywhere not just the work place 🙂. I enjoy watching your videos & don't worry about mistakes, we all make them sometimes. Your doing great 👍💚🙂.
Hiya May another cracking vlog love the stihl hat (jealous lol) keep the vlohs coming 👍 and incorrect headspave and project's aren't the best mix but you were quite funny in your frustrations haha 👏👏and yes I agree manifestation can be a challenging heed f*** at times 😞
Also I am proof positive that you can build a boat thru TH-cam!!!! Even with little to NO skilsets! Sooo, when challenged with a daunting task pickup your favorite device and saturate your Noodle with how-to's!
Copper grease is good for stopping things seizing up. Engineering is 100% reason and logic. On larger projects half an hour's planning before the event can usually save many hours of problem solving after the event. The above paragraph is always easier said than done. Im writing this in a moment of frustration having made some pretty similar mistakes a few minutes ago. 25 years of experience and still making the same mistakes FFS. Drilling steel with a handheld drill is pretty tough. Cooling the drill bit can be an issue, plain water is pretty good if you wipe it off fairly quickly. Most of your professional cutting fluids used on machine tools are 90% water. The other additives are only really there to prevent corrosion. I can regrind drill bits, so cheaper ones are slightly less of an issue for me, Dormer are still the best ones to have. Ideally the way I like to approach things is to do the difficult stuff 1st when you're in a good headspace and fall back to the easier stuff as the grouchiness kicks in. With hindsight or for future attempts, drill the timber 1st, put into place and then spot through to the metal with your drill to mark the points. Drill the metal, then do your filler. The swarf from the metal drilling can grab and tear chunks of filler out. Regarding the use of the filler, you could look at a release film as used in fibreglass mouldings. Apply that to the wood and then assemble it before the filler has hardened. That way everything matches up. I have seen a few bukh marine engines being sold on eBay at pretty sensible prices. Most still have their gearboxes fitted. This might be a cheaper option for you, it would also give you the opportunity to rebuild a gearbox at your own pace. I'd be more than happy to help you with a gearbox rebuild. You're doing an awesome job with everything.
I had the same issue on my campervan. water leaked in, so i went to screwfix up by the m40 and bought some stuff called sticks like shit. it goes hard in around 20 mins and is handy to have around if you develop holes or cracks.
Great job May. If it makes you feel any better I have had a boat since I was 5, I'm 66 now. My cuurent boat has 3 hatches similar to yours. They all leak, unless I just seal them up and I am struggling to work out how to fix them. Now you have had some experience of rain on your modified hatches, how is it going ?
when you are drilling metal use some wd40 multiporpose cutting oil (big difference) and a sharp bit, keep the pressure on till you are through, too light a pressure may blunt the drill bit.
Your garden is looking good even if your rust isn't. Drill and tapped threads is far easier than self tappers as you can use countersunk brass screws as self tappers will rust themselves in time. Get yourself a bunch of tapping sized drills ( tapping drills and sizes can be found on line as well as threading taps) and threading taps say 4mm, 6mm, 8mm 10mm and you can fix nearly all of anything to your boat with one fix brass countersunk screws or brass bolts whichever and may even get around some of your welding jobs. Remembering smaller tapping bits can snap very easily so get a few of each size of the smaller sizes. Your hatch / roof run offs needs say a 150mm long x 10mm x 10mm angle iron or smaller than your present upstand drilled and tapped to the edge of the roof with a 10 mm notch or less cut carefully into the hatch side iron so it just closes over the top of the 10 x 10 angle iron (can be purchased at any B&Q in a metre length) If you bed the 10 x 10 angle iron on your epoxy putty it will never leak again. Your existing rainwater channel will need blocking off at the present hatch with your putty with maybe another outlet cut into it away from any hatch, as it won't hurt if you haven't any already to make many outlets along the existing channel with your angle grinder, if only a small cut into the front facing side and bottom of the channel away from any other windows or hatches. Seems a very bad design at the time of building for water running off near your hatch that hasn't been given a lot of proper thought to start with. Drilling and tapping your inside frames using brass countersunk screws (again purchased on line) would be a better job, easy to level or line with wedges or epoxy putty on the inside then foam and fill any gaps on the inside once waterproofed the outside face. Great positivity though so have fun and keep it that way and maybe go the right way without using the wrong stuff would be a great help to you.
The problem is, she doesn't learn from her mistakes, she just gives up and gets someone else to do it for her. It's pathetic, but typical of some TH-camrs, but it's also good drama, which is what she's aiming for. It means she gets more views on her videos, but it makes her look stupid. If she just learned things the right way to start with, she wouldn't end up in these situations, but then it wouldn't be an interesting video. My daughter is the same age as her, and never asks for help. She just gets on with it, and she's had far less opportunities and support than May.
Please take care May. Grinders are dangerous, even more so if someone has taken the guard off. If you can't get the job done with the guard on then don't use a grinder, find another way to do it. Good video. Thanks.
Hi May, great videos. I have a question. Are you a constant cruiser do you have to move every 2 weeks? Or is it as long as you do a certain mileage each year you are safe. If so how many miles do you have to do a year. You also seem to stay on the same stretch of canal is that correct? Thanks Matt
@@wellbeingonwater Hiagain May great video it answered all my questions. I suppose also as long as you do 20 miles in a year you can stay on one canal being long enough. Thanks again I really appreciate your help. Have a good day. Matt
@@wellbeingonwater Hi May that was interesting I checked out the video you told matt about as these were exactly my thoughts also. Thanks May and Matt 2 for the questions as I would not want to travel to far if I had a narrow boat also cos of work and family. Pat
Can I give you a tip? Instead of expensive products, just get a bottle of phosphoric acid, and use it like paint. Most anti rust products use phosphoric acid anyway. I've just doe the keels on my sailboat and it only cost a few £s.
I know exactly what you mean. I once took a motorbike apart completely because i wanted to paint the swing arm, which turned into a complete referb of the bike...
@tinyhomeyogawithmay Always here! Love to see you. As someone who's interested in canals, go to canal festivals etc, love my motorbikes like your mother and into gardening having a allotment and work at a garden centre your channel has the lot.
Great job! My background is Builder's Merchants, so could I ask you to please use disposable gloves when you use all Epoxy products, including Epoxy putty. They're not the most healthy of materials to handle. Also, when you're drilling through a piece of timber, put a scrap piece underneath and drill through both. This will stop "break-out" on the underside of the piece you're installing. 👍
Oh, May, how your comment about the insatiable need to not fail echos for me. At 74, looking back at my go-getter life, I can see the times that I have carried on beyond the point where I should have rested and revived myself did not turn out well in the end. I could see it coming when you wisely said you shouldn‘t be doing this because you were too tired and then immediately proceeded to drill another hole. Listening to the wiser woman in me is something I wish I had learned to do decades ago. Seems like you are well on the way. All the best to you. You deserve it.
It wasn’t a disaster it was a learning curve, you did great, well done!!!
You're so right!
Like #881 love how you just crack on and fix everything yourself
Thanks pal 😁
You have a brilliant way of thinking, I’m learning to think the same way. You did great
Thank you for saying 😁
I am so pleased I stumbled upon your chanel and you are certainly no copycat, it's how to learn. I have been learning by cock-up for 70 years.
Hey! Thanks for being here! 😀
Keep it up, May! The fight against rust never ends, but you're doing a grand job. Much admiration for your fortitude.
Thank you Pete 👍
Major success, no failure, if you're learning a bunch. One thought re your gas cover hinges - if you get some copper based anti-seize compound (a grease and copper particle mixture) and coat the pins and holes with it, corrosion will be reduced greatly and they will stay free to move much longer. White lithium grease also works great outdoors and may be a bit cheaper than anti-seize. Keep pounding on your projects! Cheers.
Thanks for the tips Jeff
@@wellbeingonwater Cheers May!
You should be extremely proud of yourself. You're making good decisions on what needs doing and doing it right. Might need two goes sometime but hey, that's how learning is done. Be kind to yourself. Please don't see optimism on timings as a problem. If you forsee disaster everywhere in everything you try, you'd never start anything and starting is the hardest bit. Loving your attitude and ability to have a go and get things done by yourself, your way. Thanks for bringing some May joy into my day. ❤
Thanks so much, such lovely words 🥰 I am very proud of myself actually, how much I've grown over this last year is amazing! Thanks for being here
Good example of the power of the human mind. Failure is not a fail, it is an opportunity for improvement. You don't know what you don't know until you know that you don't know. Adapt and survive, put it in the subconcious part of your memory, next time faced with a similar problem your approach to it will be subconciously driven by previous experience. AKA intuition.
Just keep doing your thing.
Love this! Thanks adam 😃
I hate to be the boring health and safety person but having had swarf go in my eye before and a trip to hospital as a result I've got a few pointers for you to make sure you are safe when using a grinder. Always use the guard supplied on the grinder, if you've ever seen a disc explode before you will realise that it might just save your life. Wear full eye protection i.e. goggles that cover all sides of your glasses, swarf can kick up at weird angles and even wearing normal glasses I ended up with metal in my eye. Great effort thou and fair play to you for getting stuck in and attempting new tasks. If you ever need to drill into steel again I can recommend Cobalt drill bits. Personally I use Extreme 2 HSS Drill Bit Set from Dewalt. Makes drilling holes in steel a breeze! (expensive but you get what you pay for)
Thanks for the important reminder!
My mate, a professional metal fabricator of many years, nearly lost his life when a cutting disc exploded and cut his throat. A few millimetres over and it would have been fatal. He was blasé about the risks due to experience and didn't follow the above advice. Take particular care with cutting discs, especially the thin ones and when cutting welds as there are stored tensions in the welds which can grab the disc and make it explode. Also, old and poorly stored/treated cutting discs are more likely to fail catastrophically. I use a chainsaw helmet with a fine metal mesh, full face visor which is more comfortable than a plastic one and doesn't mist. I'll go with your baseball cap😀
Save the cobalt drill bits for stainless as they are expensive. Decent HSS bits are not and will cut quicker and last much longer if used with lubricant or coolant. A squirt of WD40 every so often will do at a pinch.
Keep smiling well done you👍🏴
Thanks 😄
great to see your positive mental attitude and how you impervise adapt and overcome little set backs
Thanks Phil 😃
The only people who've never made a mistake are people who've never done anything. You learn by getting it wrong sometimes. But you finished it! Epoxy is great but use it sparingly as it's a nightmare to grind or sand back. The putty is an amazing fix anything addition to any toolbox. Well done
Thanks Julian. Certainly learnt that about eproxy!
This boat starts to be rooten.glad you fix it❤❤❤
Thanks
You did tremendously, you should be proud of yourself for trying these projects
Well done x
Ps NO GETTING UPSET x
Thanks Phil! Its okay to get upset, better out than in.
Hi love to watch you on your boat. If more girls were like you with such a fantastic way of life the world would be a much better place. Keep up the videos and your happy life . Best wishes.👍🏻😎👍🏻
Everybody, and I mean everybody, who’s done DiY has made a mess up more than once. It’s what you then do about it that matters. You learnt from it, sought help and you’ve now finished it. Now you have the pleasure of looking at it everyday and knowing “I did that”, can’t beat that.
sooo true!! love this 😃
Well done May, you did a great job with a little bit of help and knowledge. Life is about learning and you are certainly putting yourself out there, on to the next job xx
Thanks so much! Yes onto the next 😃
We all think we are great and know most things but in reality that is far from the truth. I love to be perfect in all that I do but rarely reach that goal. I am approaching my very late 50's and still beat myself up if I do not get things right. I have now only just learnt why this is the case. I looked upto my Dad (sadly no longer with us) as a superstar because he always knew what and how to do it. I now realise he was the same as me, he continued to learn with age and got his skills from experience and through trial and error. Lesson to you is, dont beat yourself up if your first effort does not work, learn from it, go again and if you still struggle dont be shy in seeking help, it is not a failure and treat it as an additional opportunity to learn. Take care, love your vlogs ❤
Hello May, I wish my wife and I were moored nearby, so we could advise you if you struggle with these types of jobs. But your positivity is still a lesson to me, I struggle on that score big time!
Hey Ian, bless you! I could make my life easier but I do choose my 'problems!' Positivity can be learnt too!
I feel you on the learning curve. We all want to be strong independent women and get things done and most of the time we can but sometimes it would be so helpful to have someone to hold something or give a second opinion on how to tackle a job. I also 100% know about the not being in the right headspace for tackling a project - when you know, you know - step away and don’t push yourself to get it done as it’ll end in disaster! Love your videos, I’ve just found your channel, and look forward to watching more.
Aww so nice to hear you resonate! Thanks for being here!
You never learn anything if you do it perfectly, you've fixed the problem, it doesn't matter how long it takes 🛠👏
Thanks alan, wise words!
I would just suggest that big successes are made up of small successes. Congratulate yourself on all the small ones, and voila! The big success will come along in good time. And thanks for all you are teaching me as you learn. Keep smiling!
Totally Holly! Its something I was talking about in my yoga classes recently 😃
I think you're doing a great job, we all have to learn, and a mistake is all part of the learning process. Even if you cut wood short, you can always either redo it or even glue a short piece to make it the right length again. I enjoy your videos May, keep them up
Thanks Chris, really appreciate this 😃
Top stuff Captain. yeah one job always equals ten. perfection is by and large unattainable on a boat , oh yeah thats what keeps us on our toes. Having said that, when its milling rain next winter your hatch will give you as much satisfaction as the stove. thank you for sharing your journey .
hehe captain!
wow looks good thanks dont give up May
All coming along while learning as you go. Don’t get frustrated with yourself. The good things about downs is that next will be an up. Also your being honest with yourself. Us men are not so good at that. 😂
Thanks for the advice 😃
Your summary at the end was great making sense of what you capabilities are and expectations..you should have peace with yourself,
not many DIY ers really know what there doing, we don't do it all the time like trades people and i bet they make mistakes too...lol.great work May and well done for having a go and seeing it through..
Ps so impressed you manage to send soo many replies to people's comments, not many TH-camrs do that 👍👊
All the best
Arthur
Thanks for saying Arthur 😄
No such thing as professional Rome waz not put up in day well done looks fantastic
Too true
Failure as much as it pisses you off it's actually failure that learns you under one condition.. that you don't give up! Being a highly skilled mechanic and working with the best, we still get it wrong from time to time and it's OK! Never give up! And nothing ever goes to plan! Never😂! Keep up the good work...
Totally! Wise words from gazza over ere!
@@wellbeingonwater loving the videos, what's your next DIY project?? Seriously considering buying a project narrow boat to live full time in. Your videos are definitely inspiring!
Nice to see you managed to get your doors and seals sorted out, I hope their water tight for you now. Don't beat yourself up over making mistakes as that's how you learn to fix things, best of luck with your next projec
Thank you Stephen 😊
It's ok to make mistakes and learn from them. Do as much research before attempting any job from youtube vids etc. I've learnt to do things I'm not sure of from "How to do" video's on youtube etc even tho I'm very practical and handy.
Having the spirit and go getting attitude to have a go is great but it could cost you without doing as much research as possible before attempting anything you're not sure of.
Keep going May.. you're doing a great job! ❤
Thanks so much for your love and support 😃
MAY- To stop a piece of wood splitting at the end, or anywhere...Pre-drill the wood, OR, you can blunt the pointy end of the nail. To make screws go in easier, put some candle wax on them. Hope this helps.
Yah, I did know that. Maybe I used the wrong bit.
All learning comes from fixing problems or as some would say, failure. Each time you fix or fail, you will learn something. You are on the right path. Crack on!
Love this! Thanks max 😃
My kind of narrowboat - comes with its own workshop.
Nice
All jobs are hard when you're first starting out, and one thing to remember when you have a go yourself is if the job done as worked and looks good to you that's all that matters for a first go and it's guaranteed your DIY knowledge & skill level will improve with time
Thank you, so true
You did well. I like the tape template. I've used the screw in the hole, colour the top with pastel. Place wood on top and press. Get nice coloured dots where the holes need to be. Hex screws (self taping) can be life safers from broken drill pieces. Like idea of using oil to cool the drill bits.
Cool! thanks for the tips!
Chin up, there’s nothing you can’t do. Have a little read up on the projects in front of you and prepare your mind tool’s etc. Looking great that boat of yours
Thanks for saying 😃
As long as it works you are a winner, who cares if it is not perfect....good job.
Thanks Peter, so true!
You did great, awesome!
Thank you, sweet of ya
If your drilling steel, drill slowly as the heat from the fast spinning drill heats up the steel and hardens it
Thanks for the tips
It's not a disaster if you can solve the problem, it's a learning experience and in the end you will have a better feeling of accomplishment to doing something yourself, and learning from the experts like George and your dad. Plus on a deeper level there is symbiotic relationship with your boat it helps you and you help it. . I would also add the fact that you're fliming the process creating a 21st century equivalent of owners manual.
Love this, 21st century owners manual! 😃
Well Done May - got there in the end! You won't be the first or last person to get a electric drill/screwdriver in the wrong 'gear' - I do it just about every time I use one 🙄 and I have a very similar reaction as yours 😀. You might want to get some 'P' or "Admiralanty" seal for your hatches as the name suggests, it was originally used around watertight doors on warships, so it should be ok for a bit of rain! I used it on the hard panniers of my motorbike which leaked like a sieve and they're now watertight!
have a lovely week.
Thanks for sharing. I tried googling these seals but nothing came up really
Hi May I learn something every day may life is for learning you've done an amazing job x
Thanks so much 😊 so true we never stop learning
Hey May just started watching your channel I follow a few narrow boaters on TH-cam. I seen you feel like your putting bit of pressure on yourself! Don’t . Look at life with the outlook nothing is important tomorrow is a new day what ever will be will be , it is what it is. You look like you managed just fine life is a learning process. Look forward to watch more of your videos keep your head up your doing amazing 😊
Hey Stephen, thanks for your comment. All is well 😁
i just come accros your channel and subbed i see alot of narrowboat videos and diy work yet yours was very refreshing i liked your video better than most i watch its very nice to see somone young and female doing the sort of work your doing its very good to see
Aww thats lush of you to say!
You done excellent just remember even the professionals get that feeling of failure sometimes we are all human it will always work out at the end with a positive attitude 💪💪💪
Thanks so much for saying 😃
Well done May. You encountered a few problems (don't we all!) but you kept on going. Its a big learning curve attempting projects on your own. I admire your tenacity. Keep going May, I love your videos and the way you give every job your best shot.
Keep going girl❤️
Thanks for the love and support! 😃
Hi new subscriber here, I’m a magnet fisher on TH-cam known as peaky dippers! Just started watching your escapades 👍
Cool! Great name! Thanks for subbing and welcome@
Is that a Workshop inside your boat!? I love it!
may, if you trying to go through metal, unless you pay a fortune for good drill bits, they can burn out quickly, dulls the drill, vegetable oil in the hole and keep adding few drop at a time, it will lubricate and help keep bit from burning out
Thanks for the advice!
@@wellbeingonwater one other little point may for future, if your drill have speed settings, you want low speed, not hi, the drill bit do the work, dip in oil, drill abit
I sometimes use wd40
Something i learned on my boat. Only buy cobalt drill bits, they are tough and sharp and drill quickly.
Use a centre punch, which is a hardenned pointed metail tool, you can put it in a hinge hole, strike it and it makes a dent in steel or wood innthe centre of the hole you need. Or if needing to drill steel, give it a wack with a hammer, it creates a dent and stops your drill bit from walking.
Thanks for the tips!
Never give up, Good Work!
Thank you 😁🙏
❤❤ great job
Thanks cherub
one step at a time and you will get there!
Wise words
You might want to look into 3M 5200 Marine Adhesive and Sealant. We use this stuff like crazy on all the ships we build. Love the vids.
Cool that sounds impressive haha
I see you were hatching a plan !
Teehee, very punny
@@wellbeingonwater one tries !
Tortoise and hare springs to mind, speed and timetable don't always work out the best, and surprisingly there are a lot of hints and tips on this place called you tube (whoops you already knew that) 😀 look at van life builds as well, they are just using a shorter steel tube than you have. But the tools, tips, methods are very similar. Your doing well, just don't beat yourself up if it goes slow or wrong. Nobody is an expert, we can all learn more.
Lovely metaphor! Thanks for sharing those good nugget thoughts ☺️
It's always nice to see a fellow boater gettin stuck in...
Keep up the good work 😇
Ps if the putty doeant work , I've used fibreglassed filler p38 to make a ridge on the roof near the hatch on many boats to solve that problem .
Thanks for the tip!
It might be strange somebody suggesting this on TH-cam but I am a fan and nearly a canal boat owner..I live in North London near Camden and I would volunteer to yourself or any freinds of yours with a canal boat my offer to paint labour and learn any chance I get ..I have 24 years construction experience with multiple trades and that includes 6 years paint and decorating 4 years carpentry...I'm a crane operator now but basically I would love a tast of the life and I love to work . Keep me in mind 😊
Interesting! Great to know this. Advice on painting the boat will be useful, although I have done a lot of research recently. I'll be painting her next year I think
@@wellbeingonwater no problem I'm shure part of the life experience is all about doing the hard work yourself on your own projects. But I'm interested in participating any way I can really in the canal community .have a lovely day.
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK
Woo and another, thanks 😁
Nice job May:)
Thanks! 😄
great job done may and we all need help some times lovely video thank you may
Thanks for watching!
Awesome job May you did great although I did panic a bit when your saw slipped other than that brilliant job and awesome vid keep going the jobs will get less
Glad you enjoyed it 😁
May
The river trust has a maintenance schedule page for narrow boats. Buy a larger book and list all the maintenance you should be doing in the beginning of the ledger book. Now log the inspections and repairs as you do them. Keeping up with periodic maintenance ensures your narrow boat investment will continue to look good and work properly. You should not be surprised by leaks or battery failures etc. Keep up the cruising videos.
Thanks for the tips!
Make it 11 May, just remembered if you go the tapping threads way so you can use brass screws / bolts, you can get drills that tap a thread as your drilling. Put tapping drills in on line and you will see them. First part drills the hole then run into the tapping bit.
I've learnt this recently thank you
Looks really good, hope it does not leak on you. Would it help to put a seal on the hatch lid? The kind that go around the door frame on vans & cars, not the sponge kind but the thin heavy duty ones. Plus when you use the hand saw, use the full length of the saw not just the middle bit. This will give you more control & better straighter cuts. Always be careful, remember health & safety is for everywhere not just the work place 🙂. I enjoy watching your videos & don't worry about mistakes, we all make them sometimes. Your doing great 👍💚🙂.
Hey Anthony, yeah some great ideas there. Thanks for your love and support it's great that your here! Really😁
Once you fix the hinge, put some grease on it. It will help a lot, and it shouldn't freeze up.
Keep up the good work
Thanks pal 😁
Hiya May another cracking vlog love the stihl hat (jealous lol) keep the vlohs coming 👍 and incorrect headspave and project's aren't the best mix but you were quite funny in your frustrations haha 👏👏and yes I agree manifestation can be a challenging heed f*** at times 😞
Thanks for the tips!
Well done young Lady.
Thank you 😊
Also I am proof positive that you can build a boat thru TH-cam!!!! Even with little to NO skilsets! Sooo, when challenged with a daunting task pickup your favorite device and saturate your Noodle with how-to's!
Fabulous!! So true
keep it up, it’s all a learning curve 😊
Thank you, I will
Wondered who the motorbike belonged to , suprised it your mums. Thats awesome
You are so good and a little inspiration - well done you :-)
Thanks so much 😃
Copper grease is good for stopping things seizing up.
Engineering is 100% reason and logic.
On larger projects half an hour's planning before the event can usually save many hours of problem solving after the event.
The above paragraph is always easier said than done. Im writing this in a moment of frustration having made some pretty similar mistakes a few minutes ago. 25 years of experience and still making the same mistakes FFS.
Drilling steel with a handheld drill is pretty tough. Cooling the drill bit can be an issue, plain water is pretty good if you wipe it off fairly quickly. Most of your professional cutting fluids used on machine tools are 90% water. The other additives are only really there to prevent corrosion.
I can regrind drill bits, so cheaper ones are slightly less of an issue for me, Dormer are still the best ones to have.
Ideally the way I like to approach things is to do the difficult stuff 1st when you're in a good headspace and fall back to the easier stuff as the grouchiness kicks in.
With hindsight or for future attempts, drill the timber 1st, put into place and then spot through to the metal with your drill to mark the points. Drill the metal, then do your filler. The swarf from the metal drilling can grab and tear chunks of filler out.
Regarding the use of the filler, you could look at a release film as used in fibreglass mouldings. Apply that to the wood and then assemble it before the filler has hardened. That way everything matches up.
I have seen a few bukh marine engines being sold on eBay at pretty sensible prices. Most still have their gearboxes fitted. This might be a cheaper option for you, it would also give you the opportunity to rebuild a gearbox at your own pace. I'd be more than happy to help you with a gearbox rebuild.
You're doing an awesome job with everything.
Thanks so much for all of this amazing advice!
Nice one mate. I relate to you
Cheers pal 😃
I had the same issue on my campervan. water leaked in, so i went to screwfix up by the m40 and bought some stuff called sticks like shit. it goes hard in around 20 mins and is handy to have around if you develop holes or cracks.
Thanks for sharing, glad I'm not alone haha
Great job May. If it makes you feel any better I have had a boat since I was 5, I'm 66 now. My cuurent boat has 3 hatches similar to yours. They all leak, unless I just seal them up and I am struggling to work out how to fix them.
Now you have had some experience of rain on your modified hatches, how is it going ?
Ahh, yes. I'm not crazy then haha
Do they still leak or did it work?
@@wellbeingonwater
Great work, well done. Do you have the blade guard for that angle grinder?
I do, it gets in the way!
@@wellbeingonwater please try to work with it.
You’re doing well 😊 it’s always hard doing new jobs isn’t it? At least you persist and want to learn and I admire that
Yes! Thank you for saying 😃
My dad would call me a "dingbat" from time to time. rip. Love to hear it xD
Aww great word
when you are drilling metal use some wd40 multiporpose cutting oil (big difference) and a sharp bit, keep the pressure on till you are through, too light a pressure may blunt the drill bit.
Great tips thanks
Your garden is looking good even if your rust isn't. Drill and tapped threads is far easier than self tappers as you can use countersunk brass screws as self tappers will rust themselves in time. Get yourself a bunch of tapping sized drills ( tapping drills and sizes can be found on line as well as threading taps) and threading taps say 4mm, 6mm, 8mm 10mm and you can fix nearly all of anything to your boat with one fix brass countersunk screws or brass bolts whichever and may even get around some of your welding jobs. Remembering smaller tapping bits can snap very easily so get a few of each size of the smaller sizes. Your hatch / roof run offs needs say a 150mm long x 10mm x 10mm angle iron or smaller than your present upstand drilled and tapped to the edge of the roof with a 10 mm notch or less cut carefully into the hatch side iron so it just closes over the top of the 10 x 10 angle iron (can be purchased at any B&Q in a metre length) If you bed the 10 x 10 angle iron on your epoxy putty it will never leak again. Your existing rainwater channel will need blocking off at the present hatch with your putty with maybe another outlet cut into it away from any hatch, as it won't hurt if you haven't any already to make many outlets along the existing channel with your angle grinder, if only a small cut into the front facing side and bottom of the channel away from any other windows or hatches. Seems a very bad design at the time of building for water running off near your hatch that hasn't been given a lot of proper thought to start with. Drilling and tapping your inside frames using brass countersunk screws (again purchased on line) would be a better job, easy to level or line with wedges or epoxy putty on the inside then foam and fill any gaps on the inside once waterproofed the outside face. Great positivity though so have fun and keep it that way and maybe go the right way without using the wrong stuff would be a great help to you.
I think I need to read this about 10 times to fully digest this! thanks for the advice, reallly appreciate it!
It's so hard to watch without wanting to help you, the best thing you are doing is learning from your mistakes 👍☺
The problem is, she doesn't learn from her mistakes, she just gives up and gets someone else to do it for her. It's pathetic, but typical of some TH-camrs, but it's also good drama, which is what she's aiming for. It means she gets more views on her videos, but it makes her look stupid. If she just learned things the right way to start with, she wouldn't end up in these situations, but then it wouldn't be an interesting video. My daughter is the same age as her, and never asks for help. She just gets on with it, and she's had far less opportunities and support than May.
I appreciate that!
Shame kindness costs thousands ey
Please take care May. Grinders are dangerous, even more so if someone has taken the guard off. If you can't get the job done with the guard on then don't use a grinder, find another way to do it. Good video. Thanks.
Thanks for saying
Buy a 7 1\4 compound miter saw. They don't cost that much, and really help with wood work.
Ooo good tip thank you
may I wish I was there cos home handy shite is what I do!
Ahhhhh well i'm guessing you were busy anyway!
Hi May, great videos. I have a question. Are you a constant cruiser do you have to move every 2 weeks? Or is it as long as you do a certain mileage each year you are safe. If so how many miles do you have to do a year. You also seem to stay on the same stretch of canal is that correct? Thanks Matt
Hey matt, instead of answering all your Qs here, check out my video "how far do I have to move my narrowboat" and all will be revealed!! 😁
@@wellbeingonwater Hi May will do. But may I ask if you purely stay on the Oxford canal yourself? I am going to watch it now. Matt
@@wellbeingonwater Hiagain May great video it answered all my questions. I suppose also as long as you do 20 miles in a year you can stay on one canal being long enough. Thanks again I really appreciate your help. Have a good day. Matt
@@wellbeingonwater Hi May that was interesting I checked out the video you told matt about as these were exactly my thoughts also. Thanks May and Matt 2 for the questions as I would not want to travel to far if I had a narrow boat also cos of work and family. Pat
What are the oxalate levels in each food you listed? Oxalates make stones and gather in your yoga joints. So, what’s the alternative?
I dont understand this question or comment soz!
Can I give you a tip? Instead of expensive products, just get a bottle of phosphoric acid, and use it like paint. Most anti rust products use phosphoric acid anyway. I've just doe the keels on my sailboat and it only cost a few £s.
Okay, thanks for the tip
I know exactly what you mean. I once took a motorbike apart completely because i wanted to paint the swing arm, which turned into a complete referb of the bike...
Haha brilliant
Goodonyas! Go get'm tiger!
Haha brill
Just found your channel and loving you and the vids!!! What area are you moored? Any plans to cruise through Leicestershire? 😂
That's sweet! I'm not planning on coming up that way anytime soon! Thanks for being here 😊
@tinyhomeyogawithmay Always here! Love to see you. As someone who's interested in canals, go to canal festivals etc, love my motorbikes like your mother and into gardening having a allotment and work at a garden centre your channel has the lot.
I would have fixed it with liquid nails may, no holes to drill it would also help level it all up
Liquid nails sounds counterintuitive but I know it's a real thing 😅
Sometimes, we all need a little help . Not a fell , but an opportunity for someone else to get a blessing.
Love this perspective thanks 😌
Cool mum!
Isnt she!
@@wellbeingonwater certainly is, fair play on her👍. now here’s a bloke question, what bike does she ride?😁
Great job! My background is Builder's Merchants, so could I ask you to please use disposable gloves when you use all Epoxy products, including Epoxy putty. They're not the most healthy of materials to handle. Also, when you're drilling through a piece of timber, put a scrap piece underneath and drill through both. This will stop "break-out" on the underside of the piece you're installing. 👍
Thanks for the tip! I need to get some gloves that actually fit! My current ones make my life harder!
I like te way u tink! matt
Cheers matt! I like the way you spell think!
May, a cheap and quick fix is enough for the time being. You're not taking on water and sinking, so ... job done for now 🙂
Love this perspective! 😃